Dhangsha

Aniruddha Das is an experimental electronic musician exploring the relationship between rhythm and noise. His emphasis is on minimalism, repetition and fragmentation in sound. His spartan but heavy beats are punctuated by the accents of African clave patterns, whilst alien synth motifs betray his love of the sound of Detroit. His real time manipulation of various distortions impels each soundtrack towards entropy - a sense of impending collapse - and is the main performative aspect of his live sets. Aniruddha was a founder member and the original bassist of Asian Dub Foundation. His current practice is a return to his roots in experimental sound, pre-dating any involvement with dub. As he veers towards the non-metric and prises open samples using granular synthesis, one can sense him attempting to exorcise 30 years of certain rhythmic and sonic strictures. He has released four albums under the moniker of “Dhangsha” (Bengali for ‘destruction’): “Future Tense,” “Autonomous Zones," “Live at Spirit of Gravity" and “Aberrant," the last on sound art label “Hard Return." In addition, he released two albums of noise and caustic ambience under the auspices of DSPSSSSD (‘dispossessed’): “Exit Wounds” and “Livid." He has also contributed tracks to compilations by Syrphe, Avon Terror Corps and Iklectik.